Lifelines Groups

Learn about Lifelines Groups and their role.

There are Lifelines Groups in most New Zealand regions. Most have informal relationships with regional Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Groups. Some are defined in CDEM Group Plans.

Membership of Lifelines Groups is voluntary. They are usually funded by the organisations involved.

Lifelines Groups identify and reduce vulnerabilities at a regional level. The New Zealand Lifelines Council provides a link between Lifelines Groups and Government.

Lifeline utilities support Lifelines Groups by sharing information about:

  • risk management processes, and
  • readiness and response arrangements.

Lifelines Groups don’t only work on natural hazard risk. They consider all infrastructure outage risks.


Current Lifelines Groups

Region Lifelines Group (where the lifelines group has no website, the CDEM Group website has been used) Contact
Northland Northland Lifelines Group

Lisa Roberts

lisa@infradecisions.co.nz

Auckland Auckland Lifelines Group David Rei Miller

david.miller@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Waikato Waikato Lifeline Utilities Group

Irving Young

Irving.young@waikatoregion.govt.nz

Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty Lifelines Group

Tara Cooper

tara.cooper@embop.govt.nz

Gisborne Tairawhiti CDEM Group

Libby Young

libby.young@gdc.govt.nz

Hawkes Bay Hawkes Bay CDEM Group Lifelines

Damon McKibbin

damon.mckibbin@hbemergency.govt.nz

Taranaki Taranaki Lifelines Group

Craig Campbell-Smart

craig.campbell-smart@cdemtaranaki.govt.nz

Justin Post

jpost@toddenergy.co.nz

Manawatū-Whanganui Manawatū-Whanganui Lifelines Advisory Group

Chay Hook

chay.hook@horizons.govt.nz

Wellington
Wellington
(Wairarapa)
Wellington Lifelines Group

Richard Mowll

richard@mowll.nz

Wairarapa Engineering Lifelines Association

Steven May

stevenm@mstn.govt.nz

Nelson-Tasman Nelson-Tasman Lifelines Project

Luci Swatton

luci.swatton@ncc.govt.nz

Marlborough Marlborough Engineering Lifelines Group

Amanda Smith

amanda.smith@marlborough.govt.nz

West Coast West Coast Engineering Lifelines Group

Claire Brown

claire.brown@wcrc.govt.nz

Canterbury Canterbury Engineering Lifelines Group

Mark Gordon

Mark.Gordon@aecom.com

Otago Otago CDEM Group Matt Alley

matt.alley@otagocdem.govt.nz

Southland Southland Regional Lifelines Steering Group

Craig Sinclair

craig.sinclair@cdsouthland.nz

Chathams Chatham Islands CDEM Group N/A